Presentación

The BA American and English Literature is a four-year degree programme offering a distinctive emphasis on the literature of the United States, alongside the study of English literature. The degree combines the study of American and English literature within a framework which allows you to develop and pursue areas of particular interest.

The third year of this degree programme is spent abroad, providing you with an invaluable academic and cultural experience, one that most students consider to be the highlight of their time at university. You will spend the majority of the third year studying in America or Canada - with the option of spending a semester in Australia, New Zealand, or Hong Kong. This opportunity allows you to appreciate American and English literature from a different perspective; furthermore some institutions will provide you with internship placements in organisations such as publishers, newspapers and TV stations. See the “Year Abroad” tab for more details.

Requisitos

Qualification: BA (Hons)
A Level: AAB including English Literature
International Baccalaureate: 33 points including 5 in Higher Level English
Scottish Highers: At least one Advanced Higher preferred in addition to Highers
Scottish Advanced Highers: AAB including Grade B in English Literature
Irish Leaving Certificate: AAAABB including English
Access Course: Please contact the university for further information
BTEC: Accepted in combination with an English Literature qualification at level 3
European Baccalaureate: 80% including 70% in English

Programa

IMAGINING AMERICA: LITERATURE I
IMAGINING AMERICA: LITERATURE II
LITERATURE IN HISTORY 1
LITERATURE IN HISTORY II
READING CULTURES I: AMERICAN ICONS
READING CULTURES II: IDEAS AND IDEOLOGIES
19TH CENTURY AMERICAN WRITING
20TH CENTURY AMERICAN POETRY
ADOLESCENCE IN AMERICAN CULTURE POST-1950
AMERICAN MASCULINITIES
AMERICAN MUSIC
AMERICAN PARIS BETWEEN THE WARS
AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
BORDERLANDS OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN FICTION
DOING IT YOURSELF: PUNK AND AMERICA
FILMS THAT MADE US AMERICAN: THE 1980S THROUGH THE MOVIES
LOOKING AT PICTURES: PHOTOGRAPHY AND VISUAL CULTURE IN THE USA
SOUTHERN LITERATURE
THE BEATS AND THE LIMITS OF WRITING
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
THE HOLOCAUST IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Option B Study (40 credits)
Students will select 40 credits from the following modules:
English Literature Seminar and Lecture modules.
BORDERLANDS OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY WRITING
EUROPEAN LITERATURE: ENCOUNTERS WITH ´OTHERNESS´
INDIGENOUS ARTS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
MEDIEVAL WRITING
MODERNISM
NINETEENTH-CENTURY WRITING
SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY WRITING: RENAISSANCE AND REVOLUTION
SHAKESPEARE
SOUTHERN LITERATURE
AMERICAN STUDIES SEMESTER ABROAD: AMERICA
AMERICAN STUDIES SEMESTER ABROAD: AUSTRALIA
AMERICAN STUDIES YEAR ABROAD
AMERICAN STUDIES YEAR ABROAD DISSERTATION
Option A Study (60 credits)
Students will select 60 credits from the following modules:
AMERICAN ART AND AMERICAN LANDSCAPE, 1800-1920
AMERICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
AMERICAN GOTHIC
AMERICAN PARADISE: LAND AND CULTURE IN THE USA
AMERICAN VIOLENCE
CALIFORNIA DREAMING: NOVELS OF THE GOLDEN STATE
IMAGINING THE PACIFIC
NATIVE AMERICAN WRITING AND FILM
NEW AMERICAN CENTURY: CULTURE AND CRISIS
SIN, SENTIMENT AND SENSATION: NINETEENTH CENTURY BESTSELLERS
TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE
THE AMERICAN BODY
THE LITERARY 1960s
Option B Study (30 credits)
Students will select 30 credits from the following modules:
Name
18TH CENTURY VOYAGE LITERATURE
18TH CENTURY VOYAGE LITERATURE
CHARLES DICKENS: BEYOND REALITY
CHARLES DICKENS: BEYOND REALITY
CHAUCER
CHAUCER
CONTEMPORARY DRAMA AND FILM
CONTEMPORARY DRAMA AND FILM
CREATIVE WRITING DISSERTATION (AUT)
CREATIVE WRITING DISSERTATION (AUT)
CREATIVE WRITING DISSERTATION (SPR)
CREATIVE WRITING DISSERTATION (SPR)
CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY
CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY
CREATIVE WRITING: PROSE
CREATIVE WRITING: PROSE
CREATIVE WRITING: SCRIPT-WRITING
CREATIVE WRITING: SCRIPT-WRITING
CULTURES OF SUBURBIA
CULTURES OF SUBURBIA
DRAMA AND LITERATURE: THE QUESTION OF GENRE
DRAMA DISSERTATION
DRAMA DISSERTATION
DRAMA DISSERTATION
DRAMA PRODUCTION (YEAR 3)
DRAMA PROJECTS
FIN DE SIECLE: FANTASIES OF DECADENCE AND DEGENERATION
FIN DE SIECLE: FANTASIES OF DECADENCE AND DEGENERATION
HENRY JAMES: QUESTIONS OF ART, LIFE AND THEORY
HENRY JAMES: QUESTIONS OF ART, LIFE AND THEORY
IMAGINING THE PAST IN RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
IMAGINING THE PAST IN RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
LATIN AMERICAN NARRATIVES
LATIN AMERICAN NARRATIVES
LITERATURE AND DECONSTRUCTION
LITERATURE AND DECONSTRUCTION
LITERATURE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
LITERATURE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
LITERATURE AND OPERA
LITERATURE AND OPERA
LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY
LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY
LITERATURE DISSERTATION: POST-1789 (AUT)
LITERATURE DISSERTATION: POST-1789 (AUT)
LITERATURE DISSERTATION: POST-1789 (SPR)
LITERATURE DISSERTATION: POST-1789 (SPR)
LITERATURE DISSERTATION: PRE-1789 (AUT)
LITERATURE DISSERTATION: PRE-1789 (AUT)
LITERATURE DISSERTATION: PRE-1789 (SPR)
LITERATURE DISSERTATION: PRE-1789 (SPR)
LYRIC
LYRIC
MADNESS, MEDICINE, SCIENCE AND WOMEN´S WRITING IN THE REGENCY
MADNESS, MEDICINE, SCIENCE AND WOMEN´S WRITING IN THE REGENCY
MEDIEVAL ARTHURIAN TRADITIONS
MEDIEVAL ARTHURIAN TRADITIONS
MEDIEVAL GENDER AND SEXUALITY
MEDIEVAL GENDER AND SEXUALITY
MEDIEVAL MONSTROSITIES
MEDIEVAL MONSTROSITIES
NERVOUS NARRATIVES
NERVOUS NARRATIVES
NEW WORLDS: SCIENCE FICTION AND BEYOND
NEW WORLDS: SCIENCE FICTION AND BEYOND
NONFICTIONAL LIVES IN FICTION AND DRAMA
NONFICTIONAL LIVES IN FICTION AND DRAMA
POETRY IN DARK TIMES: HOLDERLIN, RILKE, CELAN
REVENGE TRAGEDY: ANCIENT AND MODERN
REVENGE TRAGEDY: ANCIENT AND MODERN
ROMANTIC ORIENTALISM, 1780-1830
ROMANTIC ORIENTALISM, 1780-1830
SATIRE
SATIRE
SHAKESPEARE: SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE
SHAKESPEARE: SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE
STOP, LOOK, LISTEN
STOP, LOOK, LISTEN
T. S. ELIOT AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY POETRY
T.S. ELIOT AND TWENTIETH CENTURY POETRY
THE ART OF EMOTION: LITERATURE, WRITING AND FEELING
THE ART OF EMOTION: LITERATURE, WRITING, AND FEELING
THE CONTESTED PAST: LITERATURE AND THE POLITICS OF MEMORY
THE CONTESTED PAST: LITERATURE AND THE POLITICS OF MEMORY
THE GOTHIC
THE GOTHIC
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS: NONSENSE AND MODERN WRITING
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS: NONSENSE AND MODERN WRITING
TRAUMATURGIES: READING AND WRITING TRAUMA ACROSS CONTEXTS
TRAUMATURGIES: READING AND WRITING TRAUMA ACROSS CONTEXTS
ULYSSES
ULYSSES
UNLIKE THEM ALL, AND BETTER? ENGLISHING THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
UNLIKE THEM ALL, AND BETTER? ENGLISHING THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
URBAN VISIONS: THE CITY IN LITERATURE AND VISUAL CULTURE
URBAN VISIONS: THE CITY IN LITERATURE AND VISUAL CULTURE
VIRGIL´S CLASSIC EPIC
VIRGIL´S CLASSIC EPIC
WRITING LIFE: BIOGRAPHY AND CREATIVE NON-FICTION
WRITING LIFE: BIOGRAPHY AND CREATIVE NON-FICTION